Translations for „shovelful“ in the English » German Dictionary

shov·el·ful [ˈʃʌvəlfʊl] N

a shovelful of coal/dirt/snow

eine Schaufel [voll] Kohle/Erde/Schnee

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a shovelful of coal/dirt/snow

eine Schaufel [voll] Kohle/Erde/Schnee

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

But as it turns out, they're heaving shovelfuls of statistical manure at you.

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They have to fill a rail car with coal, moving hefty chunks and shovelfuls of dust from a large pile.

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We were nothing but living skeletons, unable to lift the shovelfuls of heavy soil above our heads, let alone work at the speed demanded of us.

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Gold is 10 times heavier than anything else in the pan, so it settles as you gently slosh a shovelful of sand around and tilt the pan.

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Men were making wild efforts to clean the walks, only to see each shovelful of snow blown back upon them and piled against the doors again.

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Her forearm and body strain under the weight of a shovelful.

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On the roofs, corporate bosses drink, dance, and sun themselves as a helicopter drops a shovelful of money down for them.

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On the first effort to clean it up she recalled picking up a shovelful of used needles.

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A silver coin came up with the first shovelful and his detector started buzzing madly.

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I'd set up a large tub on top of a pushcart, put a screen attachment on top of it, then scoop several shovelfuls of dirt on there.

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